Production server running from USB stilck with /var on HD ?

[Philip Rhoades]

People,

I have been using RH and Fedora since the beginning and love it!  I 
like to keep up with the latest version of Fedora on my production 
server and although the install of the OS itself from a LiveCD/USB is 
very fast, restoring all the other stuff takes quite a while.  To reduce 
downtime of the server, what I did last time was to install to a virtual 
machine which used a physical HD and then to reboot on the new HD when 
it was ready to go.  Now I am thinking of installing to a USB stick but 
having all the changeable files on /var (or anywhwere else) symlinked to 
a dir on the HD for speed.  What are the potential problems with this 
idea?  I can see:

- slower bootup

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-- 
Philip Rhoades

GPO Box 3411
Sydney NSW	2001
Australia
E-mail:  phil at pricom.com.au